Hi I have a nice dusty unopened bottle of Dows 1960 vintage port. Unfortunately 3/4 of it has leaked,although i cant see a hole in the top Just wondering is it still worth anything to sell? Kind regards Dave Any leakage devalues a bottle; substantial leakage will generally make it valueless unless ...

Here's my question: When will I know when my port has entered those teen years? Is there a general rule of thumb, or does it depend on the producer and the vintage? Welcome to :tpf: and what an excellent starting question, which I think would get many different replies from both ourselves and the p...

No chance for me I'm afraid due to half-term commitments. That's a great idea for Dirk: a wine called The Mother-in-Law. Perhaps "The Duchess" (a fabulous, but slightly faded LBV) would be more in keeping with the Niepoortland series; though I always hoped Dirk might add a Caterpillar-based port to ...

OK, here is how it worked out. K&L Wines paid $6800 for the 54 bottles. That is about 82% of the lowest US retail (non-EU, non-auction) and about 35% less than I expect they will sell them for. They have a pretty good rep, so they can ask a bit more than other retailers. And they are local to me, s...

I've just thought what I can bring - a bottle of 1996 FG; 1996 being almost 1969. You now have 68 attempts remaining. Does this scupper my idea of bringing a 1960? :x Not at all, with the assumed justification of "it has a 6 and a 9 in it". There was nothing wrong with FG96 either, on the same basi...

As I enjoy reading the same from others, here is my own updated cellar stats looking back over the last year. At the of the start of 2019, my cellar comprises the following (2018 values in brackets for comparison): Port by type: 80% Vintage/SQVP (81%) 7% LBV (9%) 3% Crusted (3%) 10% Tawny/colheita/w...

So if all goes well, we just have to mount the laser table in some form of portable unit like a backpack with connected hand instrument, and probably wear protective goggles; likely we'd also need a protective suit for health and safety in case of contaminated bottles or breakage. Then we'd be suita...

"They say I used apostrophys wrong - fake news! Fake news. We have the best apostrophys, they just didnt understand what I said. Fake news, so sad." Is it childish to point out there's no "y" in apostrophe/apostrophes; or the missing punctuation in "didn't" when it's clearly a popular representatio...

As Andy mentions, since this bottle has a T-stopper, this will be a port which was originally intended for immediate drinking, such as a simple ruby, ruby reserve, or a filtered LBV. Such ports were not intended for aging in the bottle, and will degrade slowly over time, however as long as stored we...

Draft of food order . CHECK YOUR ORDER. IF YOU DIDN’T CHECK, AND IT’S WRONG, IT’s YOUR FAULT. PLEASE CHECK IT NOW. Not wrong. However if this reply seen in time, I would like "Flatbread, lemon & coriander houmous" (listed under bar snacks rather than starters on current menu) as a starter instead o...